The 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage started on 23 April with the quarter-finals and ended on 3 June 2023 with the final to decide the champions of the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage.
Times were local.
Round and draw dates The schedule was as follows.
RoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQuarter-finals5 April 202323 April 202330 April 2023Semi-finals10 May 202317 May 2023Final28 May 20233 June 2023
Format Each tie in the knockout phase was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was not played and the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations III. 26 & 27).
The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows: In the draw for the quarter-finals, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group cannot be drawn against each other, while teams from the same association can be drawn against each other. In the draws for the semi-finals, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw.
Qualified teams The knockout stage involved the 8 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.
GroupWinnersRunners-upA Marumo Gallants USM AlgerB ASEC Mimosas Rivers UnitedC ASFAR PyramidsD Young Africans US Monastir
Bracket The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:
RoundMatchupsQuarter-finals(Group winners hosted second leg, matchups decided by draw, teams from same group cannot play each other) QF1 QF2 QF3 QF4Semi-finals(Matchups and order of legs decided by draw, between winners QF1, QF2, QF3, QF4) SF1 SF2FinalWinners SF1 and SF2 faced each other in two legs to decide the champions
The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final), which was held on 5 April 2023, 18:30 GMT (20:30 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
Quarter-finals The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 5 April 2023.
Summary The first legs were played on 23 April, and the second legs were played on 30 April 2023.
Matches
Marumo Gallants won 2–1 on aggregate.
ASEC Mimosas won 2–0 on aggregate.
USM Alger won 4–3 on aggregate.
Young Africans won 2–0 on aggregate.
Semi-finals The draw for the semi-finals was held on 5 April 2023 (after the quarter-finals draw).
Summary The first legs were played on 10 May, and the second legs were played on 17 May 2023.
Matches
Young Africans won 4–1 on aggregate.
USM Alger won 2–0 on aggregate.
Final
The first leg was played on 28 May, and the second leg was played on 3 June 2023.
2–2 on aggregate. USM Alger won on away goals.
Notes
References
External links CAFonline.com